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Dec Ses. 1817.
Notice of pa-
rade & courts-
martial to be
served.
Exempts.
Brig. general
to call a meet-
ing to fix regi-
mental bounds.
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manding officer of the brigade, regiment or extra battalion so pre-
vented, shall from time to time order and appoint; of which three
days public notice shall be given by such commanding officer, in
three or more newspapers of the city of Baltimore, and such no-
tice shall be deemed sufficient; and the courts martial instituted for
the trial of non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians, an
absentees from parade, shall be held on the second Monday after
each parade herein directed, at the place and time which shall have
been previously established by the commanding officer of each
regiment, or extra battalion respectively, as herein after provided.
8. And be it enacted, That it shall he the duty of the commanding
officer of each company district, at the time of the making the enrol-
ment aforesaid, to deliver to each person, or leave at his residence,
a printed notification signed by said officer, and directed to said
person, setting forth the enrolment, and stating the times and
places of parade, throughout the year, as established by this art, as
well as the times and places of holding the courts martial for the
trial of absentees from parades; and it shall be the duty of the said
commanding officer, to cause the said enrolment to he entered on
his company book, and make a true return of the same in writing
between the first and tenth of April in each year to the command-
ing officer of his regiment or extra battalion, under a penalty to bo
imposed by such court martial as the case may require, of not lean
than five nor more than fifty dollars, for any neglect of the duties
prescribed by this section; and the commanding officer of each vo-
lunteer uniformed company shall notify the members of the compa-
ny of the times and places of parade, and of the times and places of
holding courts-martial throughout the year, established as afore-
said, by causing to be delivered to them, or left at their place of
abode, on or before the first day of April in each year, a printed
notification, setting forth the same, or in such other manner as the
by-laws of said company may direct; and he shall make return in
each year, of the persons belonging to his company, at the time
and in the manner as company district officers are directed to do in
the preceding part of this section, under the like penalty.
9. And be it enacted, That no person enrolled in either of the said
brigades, shall be excused from militia duty on account of corporal
disability, unless he produces to the commanding officer of the re-
giment, or extra battalion, within whose district he shall reside, a
certificate of the surgeon of such regiment, or extra battalion, if
any, and if not, of some practising physician of the city of Balti-
more, stating that he has carefully examined such person, and that
he is, in the opinion of said surgeon or physician, incapable of
performing militia duty, by reason of some bodily infirmity; and
the commanding officer of the regiment, or extra battalion, as afore-
said, shall forthwith exempt, in writing, said person, for such a
period of time as in his opinion the certificate of said surgeon or
physician will justify.
10. And be it enacted, That the brigadier general of each brigade
is hereby required to order a meeting of the colonels, lieutenant co-
lonels and majors, within his brigade, previous to the first of March
next, at some convenient place, who, or a majority of them,
shall fix the bounds of his regimental and battalion districts;
and each of the said brigadiers shall, as soon thereafter as may be,
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